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New technologies are rapidly giving rise to unprecedented methods of warfare. Innovations that yesterday were science fiction could cause catastrophe tomorrow, including nanotechnologies, combat robots, and laser weapons.

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The issue of corruption in the humanitarian system is not an issue which is fundamentally different from dangers of corruption in other areas. One of the best ways to strengthen accountability is to engage in principled and law-based humanitarian action.

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I think we are challenged in how we define humanitarian action today and how we relate to long-term needs. We are also confronted with legitimate expectations from the people who want us to respond far more thoroughly to their basic pleas than we would have done in a much more contained form of conflict.

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The principal cause of suffering during humanitarian crises is insufficient respect of applicable rules of international humanitarian law.

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Every day, we hear of civilians being killed and wounded in violation of the basic rules of international humanitarian law and with total impunity. Instability is spreading. Suffering is growing. No country can remain untouched.

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We demonize our enemies at our own peril.

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Where you are born, your parent's beliefs, or your ethnic background should not make you a target.

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The young, the old, women, the disabled, the sick and the wounded are entitled to protection under international law. Too often, the ICRC's calls for those laws to be respected are ignored.

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The Fourth Industrial Revolution does not just entail risks: it also brings solutions to humanitarian problems.

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Ensuring the respect of international humanitarian law and principles is one of the key areas necessary to establish accountability chains.

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Nationality: Swiss

Type: Activist

Born: Unknown

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